MTAQ News

The venue of the 2014 MTAQ Conference has been confirmed as Mooloolaba Beach! It will start on the evening of Sunday 21st of September with a surprise welcome event and then continue with exciting lectures and workshops for the next two days and conclude on the morning of Wednesday 24th of more

Getting to Know the Griffith University
Marine Science Staff
The annual Marine Teachers Association of Queensland conference is working in conjunction with Griffith University to bring back the SCIENCE in Marine Science. Have you registered for the conference? more

Educators, you are invited to attend the 2013 Marine Teachers Association of Queensland conference on the Gold Coast. Conference will be held in collaboration with Griffith University. The Marine teachers Association of Queensland’s annual conference for 2013 will be held at Griffith University on the Gold Coast and will be held in collaboration more

Coral Watch is planning a teacher on Saturday September 21st 2013 at North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. The workshop includes an academic, practical and field session. It will focus on colours on the reef, reef health, threats to reefs, coral bleaching and the importance of reef conservation. Teachers will learn how to use tools such as more

Join Nick Rains and Pieter de Vreis aboard Orion’s photography expedition to the Forgotten Islands. This is an exciting expedition providing inquisitive explorers and photography enthusiasts alike the chance to improve their photographic skills while visiting a string of historically important, though rarely visited, islands just north of Australia.Along a more

MCG has nominated the Eungella
honeyeater, found only in 2,500 sq km of the Clarke Ranges between Eungella and
Sarina, as an endangered species as population has dropped at least 50% in the
last decade. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has
just allowed a selective logging permit near Cockies Creek in more

Banks that have lent the most money to
coal ports and liquefied natural gas plants inside the Great Barrier Reef World
Heritage Area over the past five years are listed in a new report called Financing
Reef Destruction and is available for download.
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The Brisbane
vocational and recreational training facilities have been improved
significantly by the recent opening of a new diving and swimming facility in
the Brisbane suburb of Chandler , which will now be used for all life raft and
personal survival training conducted by Offshore Maritime Training Centre in
Brisbane.
The Olympic standard pool with AIS diving more

Most of these beacons were the older 121.5MHz beacons, which have been phased out since 2009 and cannot be detected by satellites. All distress beacon owners are encouraged to switch to the current 406MHz beacon and register it with AMSA. Registration is free and can result in a more efficient more